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Grill cleaner

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-12-26
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Granted: 1965-07-27
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Expires: 1983-12-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Willard J Bell

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 19:09
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L17/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 195 words
IN A DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, (A) FRAME STRUCTURE TERMINATING AT ITS LOWER END IN A PAIR OF DEPENDING FORK ELEMENTS, (B) AN ELONGATED GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BRUSH ELEMENT JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION BETWEEN THE EXTENDED ENDS OF SAID FORK ELEMENTS, (C) A REFUSE COLLECTING RECEPTACLE DETACHABLY SECURABLE IN SAID FRAME REARWARDLY OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT AND HAVING A BOTTOM WALL THE PLANE OF WHICH IS INTERMEDIATE THE AXIS AND THE LOWER PERIPHERAL LIMITS OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT, (D) SAID RECEPTACLE IMMEDIATELY REARWARDLY OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT DEFINING A MOUTH OF A WIDTH AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSIONS OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT, (E) POWER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME FOR IMPARTING ROTATION TO SAID BRUSH ELEMENT IN A DIRECTION TO CAUSE THE LOWER LIMITS THEREOF TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID MOUTH, (F) A BLADE-LIKE DEFLECTOR-TONGUE SECURED AT ITS REAR END TO THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID RECPTACLE AND TERMINATING AT ITS FORWARD END INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS OF SAID MOUTH AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT THROUGHOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION, AND (G) YIELDING MEANS BIASING THE PROJECTED FORWARD END OF SAID DEFLECTOR-TONGUE IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 195 words
IN A DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, (A) FRAME STRUCTURE TERMINATING AT ITS LOWER END IN A PAIR OF DEPENDING FORK ELEMENTS, (B) AN ELONGATED GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BRUSH ELEMENT JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION BETWEEN THE EXTENDED ENDS OF SAID FORK ELEMENTS, (C) A REFUSE COLLECTING RECEPTACLE DETACHABLY SECURABLE IN SAID FRAME REARWARDLY OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT AND HAVING A BOTTOM WALL THE PLANE OF WHICH IS INTERMEDIATE THE AXIS AND THE LOWER PERIPHERAL LIMITS OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT, (D) SAID RECEPTACLE IMMEDIATELY REARWARDLY OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT DEFINING A MOUTH OF A WIDTH AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSIONS OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT, (E) POWER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME FOR IMPARTING ROTATION TO SAID BRUSH ELEMENT IN A DIRECTION TO CAUSE THE LOWER LIMITS THEREOF TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID MOUTH, (F) A BLADE-LIKE DEFLECTOR-TONGUE SECURED AT ITS REAR END TO THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID RECPTACLE AND TERMINATING AT ITS FORWARD END INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS OF SAID MOUTH AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID BRUSH ELEMENT THROUGHOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION, AND (G) YIELDING MEANS BIASING THE PROJECTED FORWARD END OF SAID DEFLECTOR-TONGUE IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION.

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